WHY YOU NEED A GUN IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: “The statistics, contained in the department’s fiscal 2005 budget performance report, show that the average response time for the highest-priority calls — Priority 1 — was 8 minutes, 25 seconds in fiscal 2003, up from 7 minutes, 19 seconds in fiscal 2002 and 7 minutes, 47 seconds in fiscal 2001.”
When seconds count, the D.C. police are only minutes away. More minutes every year, apparently.